Head nods. Hugs with relative strangers. Tighter hugs with good friends. Texts and phone calls coming in at ridiculous rates. Purple as far as the eyes can see. Sore throats. Use any measurement to try and capture Northwestern’s 68-66 NCAA Tournament opening-round thrilling win and it points to extremes.
Any one reading this knows what happened in the game. Bryant McIntosh’s 25-point clinic and incredibly clutch pressure free throws will be mere footnotes for most college hoops fans who will remember “the foul” by Matthew Fisher-Davis, who infamously fouled B-Mac up by one point. It’s a moment that unfortunately will stick as THE image, but that is a disservice to this game.